Attoenets



,UNITED gTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. OLEMONS, OF DOLGEVILLE, AND JOSEPH W. BOWER, OF

STRATFORD,

NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,433, dated February 1'7. 1835- Application died September 23, 1%84.

State of New York, and Josnri-r W. Bowen,

of Stratford, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mproved Gluing-Table, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to economize time and labor in the gluing together of strips or pieces of wood to form soundingboards, table-tops, or other finished work.

The invention consists in a gluing-table constructed with a bed-frame to receive the work, a clampframe held above the bed-frame and provided with one or more rods or bars carrying series of presser plates or washers adapted to be swung to one side as each successive glued strip or piece is to be clamped to place, and means for pressing the plates to the work.

The invention includes, also, special constructions of the gluing-table with the clampframe hinged to the bed-frame, and so as to be adjusted therefrom to suit work of varying thicknesses, and also in particular constructions and combinations of parts of the gluingtable, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of our improved gluing-table as applied to use. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line so 90, Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale and partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the table partly broken away. Fig.

(No model.)

ward incline, making it more convenient to use. as hereinafter described. Across the table-bed frame, at or near the rear end, we fasten securely the strip or foot-plate D, made preferably of metal, and against which the first board, E, is laid, said plate D receiving the pressure applied to the successive boards as they are glued and laid together edge to edge, as shown in Fig. 1, for making soundingboards, table-tops, or a variety of work from narrow strips or boards edge-jointed together to prevent warping or twisting'of the work by changes of temperature.

The letter F indicates the upper part or clamping-frame of the gluing-table, said frame having side bars, f, front and rear bars, ff and intermediate longitudinal bars, f framed together suitably, and hung byhinges G G to the rear end of the bed A. The barsff]f of the clampingframe by preference coincide with or lie directly over the bars or pieces a a a a respectively, of the main top or bed of the table when in use, the clamping and bed frames F A being counterparts of each other in this respect, the frame F, however, being shallower or lighter in construction.

Between the bars f, and in the rear crossbar, f, of the frame F, we support the rear ends of the rods H, the forward parts, h, of which are passed into the clamp-blocks I at the front end of the table. We prefer to make the rods H square in cross-section between the bars f f of the frame F, and also at h, where the rods enter the blocks I, and we prefer to fasten the rods in or hold them to the rear cross-bars, f, by nuts f, screwed onto the re- On each of the rods H are placed a number ICO responding series of washers or plates, J, inward or backward to the work, and as each successive strip or board E is glued ready to be clamped to the one last laid on the table 4 and glued fast the screws L will be loosened by turning them backward in the nutplates M, and as many of the plates or washers J as together correspond in thickness to the width of the board or strip to be glued fast will be swung upward to either side of the rods H to the position shown atjin Fig. 4, and the plate J of each rod H then coming at or in front of the back edge of the strip, or those in the position shown at j, Fig. 4, will serve as the preSserplates, to be forced forward by the screw-heads L again to clamp the work, as will readily be understood. The plates or waslr ersJ have suitable slots or openings, j, allowing them easily to be swung upward on the rods H as may be required. \Ve make the rods or bars H with flat upper surfaces, the better to support the presser-plates J in the two positions above described.

Any suitable hook or other catches, O, may be provided to hold the elamp'frame F down to the bed-frame A at the front end of the ta ble, and we propose to connect a cord, P, at that end to the table and pass it over suitable overhead pulleys, p, and suspend a weight, Q, therefrom, so that the weight will act when the catches O are unlatchcd to swing the clampframe F upward on its hinges G G to allow the successive strips or boards E to be placed against each other in gluing the work, or to remove the glued work from the machine. The hinges G G consist each of a plate, and a -r or rod, y, pivoted together to form the knuckle-joint 51*. The rods of the hinges are guided in the flanges M of plates R, fixed to the rear cross-pieces,a-,of the bed-frame A. The rod g of the center hinge, G, is screwthreaded to receive a nut, S, which may be set at any point along the rod, and the rods 9 of the side hinges, G G, have springs T, placed on them above pins 25, fixed in the rods, so that the springs act to lift the nut S of thehingeG against the upper flange,r,of its plate B. it is evident that by adjusting the nut S higher or lower on its rod g the hinging points or axes of the hinges G G will be shifted accordingly to allow the presser plates J to take the proper relative positions parallel with the bed-frame A for action upon work of different thicknesses as the frame F is lowered.

The gluing-table may be made of any de one or more rods or bars carrying a series of presser-plates or washers to be swung to one side, and means for pressing the plates to the work, substantially as shown and described.

2. A gluing-table constructed with a bedframe, a clamp frame hinged to the bedframe, and said clamp-frame having one or more rods or bars carrying series of presscr= plates to be swung to one side, and means for.

pressing the plates to the work, substantially as shown and described.

3. A gluing-table constructed with a bedframe, a clamp frame hinged to the bed-- frame and adjustable at the hinges to and from the bed'frame. and said clamp-frame being provided with one or more rods or bars carrying series of presser-plates to be swung to one side, and means for pressing the plates to the work, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, in a gluing-table,ofthe work-bed A, clamp-frame F, provided with rods or bars H, carrying presser-plates J, the head-blocks 1, screws L, and nuts M, substanstantially as shown and described.

5. The clamp-frame F, constructed with rods or bars H, carrying presser-plates J, to be swung upward, as specified, and said rods H, having flat upper surfaces, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a gluing-table, the combination, with the workbed A, provided with the flanged plates R, secured to one end thereof. and the clamp-frame F, of the hinges G, having the rods g,passing through the flanges ot' the plate It, and provided with the springs T, surrounding the same, and the hinge G, having the screw threaded rod g, passing through the flanges of the said plate R, and provided with the nut S, substantially as herein shown and described.

JAMES H. CLEMONS. JOSEPH W. BOWER.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN A. D. SMITH, GEORGE BOWER. 

